16 Apr
2006
16 Apr
'06
3:10 p.m.
Multiple note on events to the same channel, up to the polyphonic
limit of the synth playing the stream. Note that if you exceed the
polyphonic limit the results are not defined. Some synths will kill
older notes while others will ignore the newest notes.
Hope this helps,
Mark
On 4/16/06, paul wisehart <listreader(a)lupulin.net> wrote:
Hi All,
What's the canonical way to play a "one instrument" chord
in midi?
Do I send multiple note-on events to the same channel?
Or, should I split them up into different channels, and
make sure that the used channels have the same program
(or patch-value?)?
My intuition says stack up the notes on the one channel.
That would be more analoguous to a band situation where
each channel is an instrument. But, in practice are most
midi synths able to handle enough multiple notes on a channel?
For example a "piano" channel should be able to take up to say
5 notes, and still play them distinctly. Or the same with
a guitar channel where a guitar chord is commonly plucked
on 5 or 6 strings.
I'm using a soft-synth in my developement/learning/experimenting,
but I hope to eventually use hardware midi modules, and not have to
modify my code.
So quick question recap...
"Should I stack up to 6 note-ons on one midi channel, or should
I figure out how to split them up into multiple channels?"
I've been reading up up on general midi issues, but I haven't
seen any relevant docs about this.
thanks for any info/pointers/flames,
--
paul w